Lockdown. And men in black how one academy in china after pays these guys for a career serving the rich and famous. Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us imagine for a moment being locked up in chains in a small room eating and sleeping theyre unable to leave for years only because you have a Mental Illness it sounds medieval but its happening in modern times in as many as 60 countries across the world according to a report by the end you Human Rights Watch in asia india china and indonesia are just some of the countries where the practice called shackling still exists here man rights watch report in indonesia alone for example some 57000 people with Mental Health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives people like this man on the island of bali locked up in a small cell for 2 years for having a Mental Health condition he comes from a poor family and his 94 year old father still works the land. Poverty a lack of access to Mental Health facilities stigma o
Guys for a career serving the rich and famous and. Welcome to news asia its good to have you with us imagine for a moment being locked up in chains in a small room eating and sleeping there unable to leave for years only because you have a Mental Illness it sounds medieval but its happening in modern times in as many as 60 countries across the world according to a report by the end you Human Rights Watch in asia india china and indonesia are just some of the countries where the practice called shackling still exists here rights watch report in indonesia alone for example some 57000 people with Mental Health conditions have been shackled at least once in their lives people like this man on the island of bali locked up in a small cell for 2 years for having a Mental Health condition he comes from a poor family and his 94 year old father still works the land. Poverty a lack of access to Mental Health facilities stigma over Mental Health have something to do with it but in the end it incre
Is some good news local booksellers are thriving right now in germany pandemic really is a page turner. And welcome to the show im Stephen Beard in berlin its good to have you with us and we begin in germany where the pen dimmock is leaving a deeper imprint on the economy than previously thought thats according to a new joint report published by the countrys leading Economic Research institutes theyve downgraded projections made earlier in the year forecasting now that the German Economy will shrink by 5. 4 percent and 20. Thats more than a percentage point worse than the earlier projections but they also predict a slow recovery compared to prior forecasts infection rates are rising again in germany meeting to new business restrictions. And one of the authors of that report joins me now stefan crudes is head of the Forecasting Division at the kill institute for the World Economy stuff and its good to have you with us. First obvious question what is driving this report what is driving t
But at what cost foresee how 1. 00 of indias poorest district a coped with months of lockdown. Im helps to unlock the universes great mysteries 3 scientists win the nobel prize in Physics Research into black holes d. W. Speaks with one of them ive just been asked a physicist why not again so. Im phil gal welcome to the program. We begin to. Position lead. Has been holding talks with german political leaders including the chancellor Angela Merkel the stick in the sky one european help to force new elections in. Disputed poll since then the countrys been gripped by mass opposition protests and a violent government crackdown mystical scott wants germany to play a leading role in ending the unarrest. This meeting at the german chancellor berlin is crucial for. She has High Expectations of angloamerican as she told the head of the talks. And we think that. In this situation. America has deep sympathy for the protest movement as a former citizen of east germany shes lived through a peaceful
Them she doesnt have an agenda and wont let her religious views influence her decisions also coming up tracking garbage in space before it causes any damage we take a look at a new radar tool design here in germany thats helping spacecrafts navigate their way around all the temporary affair. Im hearing from a stun welcome we begin was a pandemic in Europe European Union countries have agreed a common strategy for restricting travel from coronavirus hotspots e. U. Ministers meeting in luxembourg want a traffic light system showing regions as green orange red depending on the number of corona virus cases mrs hope to avoid the kind of confusion that disrupt. To travel across the e. U. At the height of the initial outbreak earlier this year. Earlier d. W. Brussels correspondent barbara visa explained in more detail how this traffic light system is expected to work but countries are not trying to do is use the same data and use the same criteria to determine whether you can travel from poin